Mocyta breviuscula (Mäklin, 1852)

CANADA: NOVA SCOTIA: Guysborough Co.: Malay Lake, 2-15.VI.1997, D.J. Bishop, red spruce forest, flight-intercept trap, (1, NSMC) ; Halifax Co.: Sable Island, Old Main Station, 24.IV.1976, B. Wright, sand dunes, under boards, (7, NSMC) ; Moser Lake, 2-15.VI.1997, D.J. Bishop, red spruce forest, flight-intercept trap, (1, NSMC) .

Mocyta breviuscula is newly recorded from Nova Scotia. Particularly noteworthy are the specimens collected on Sable Island, a 45 km long sand bar located near the edge of the continental shelf, 160 km from the nearest point of land. In Nova Scotia it has been found in both red spruce ( P. rubens) forests and on isolated insular sand bars. On the Pacific coast it has also been found in coastal environments in Sitka, Alaska and on the Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia (Gusarov 2003a). We suspect that this species is continuously distributed in northern Canada.